Eigenvalues of fourth-order singular Sturm-Liouville boundary value problems

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 384-392

  Zhang, Xinguang ^a   Liu, Lishan ^a   Zou, Huichao ^b  

^a QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue problems; Maximal principle; Positive solutions; Upper and lower solutions

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS; MAXIMAL PRINCIPLE; POSITIVE SOLUTIONS; UPPER AND LOWER SOLUTIONS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 35548978093     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.na.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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